MINSTER - Christan "Chris" Prenger of Emstek, Germany, sits with members of the local Prenger clan as the Klabberhead Orchestra plays a popular German tune at the 34th Minster Oktoberfest on Saturday afternoon. He sings along not . . .

ROSSBURG - What a difference 24 hours made at the UMP Nationals at Eldora Speedway this weekend.
After Mike Harrison won his heat race Friday night, he had an unusual accident which badly damaged his car. Harrison clipped anoth . . .

Not all activities at the Ohio Progressive Sportsman Club involved activities related to beagle barking, coon dog swimming and other Traders Day activities.
Mercer County Sheriff's deputies responded to the Fort Recovery locati . . .

Cecilia "Ceal" Bayham, 83, 04370 Poppe Road, St. Marys, died at 8:05 p.m. Oct. 3, 2008, at her residence.
She was born March 3, 1925, in Dayton, to Alexander and Marianna Sikiewicz Bochenek.
On Jan. 5, 1946, she married Rober . . .

Justin N. Miller, 30, 137 Concord Ave., St. Marys, died Oct. 3, 2008, near Defiance. Death was due to an apparent suicide.
He was born Oct. 18, 1977, in St. Marys, to Robert L. and Lillie Sudhoff Miller, who survive. On March 1 . . .

Paul L. Schaadt, 78, 3599 Oregon Road, Celina, died at 3:19 a.m. Oct. 5, 2008, at his residence.
He was born May 1, 1930, in Hopewell Township to Lawrence "Ben" and Esther Vierick Schaadt. On April 23, 1950, he married Martha " . . .